Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Return on Capital Employed of 20.99% for Q1 2026, up 2924.0% year-over-year from 0.69% in Q1 2025, and down 117.18% quarter-over-quarter from 122.23% in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 20.99% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 20.99%, up 2924.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.99% (up 2924.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.26%, up 7638.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed eased to 20.99% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 122.23% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 122.23% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 291.2% in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of 41.26% and a median of 34.75% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed slumped 22852 bps in 2024, then jumped 41343 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 3.29% in 2022, then plunged by 1803 bps to 62.68% in 2023, then tumbled by 365 bps to 291.2% in 2024, then soared by 142 bps to 122.23% in 2025, then slumped by 117 bps to 20.99% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ADP's Return on Capital Employed at 20.99% in Q1 2026, 122.23% in Q4 2025, and 26.97% in Q3 2025.
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| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -20.99% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 122.23% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -26.97% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -12.19% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -50.24% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -291.20% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -57.25% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -51.20% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -54.53% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -62.68% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -35.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -34.75% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.73% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -3.29% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.10% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.23% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -139.21% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -42.73% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -93.16% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -24.92% |